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Kazakhstan News 10 March 2025 - 30 September 2025

Kazakhstan’s Crypto Gambit: State Launches BNB-Fueled Digital Reserve Fund

Kazakhstan’s Crypto Gambit: State Launches BNB-Fueled Digital Reserve Fund

Kazakhstan’s bold move into crypto reserves reflects its ambition to become a regional digital finance hub. The Alem Crypto Fund is explicitly designed to accumulate high-grade crypto assets over the long term. By choosing BNB (market cap ~$138 billion) as its first holding, Kazakhstan is not buying Bitcoin or an obscure token, but a leading utility coin at the heart of Binance’s network gov.kz cointelegraph.com. BNB’s functions – from transaction fuel to staking and governance – give the fund both financial upside (fees, staking rewards) and strategic influence in a major crypto ecosystem. As a result, the fund serves as both
Internet Access Services in Kazakhstan

Internet Access Services in Kazakhstan

Kazakhtelecom accounts for roughly 60% of Kazakhstan’s telecom market by revenue in 2023 and owns major stakes in mobile operators Kcell and Tele2/Altel. Kar-Tel/Beeline Kazakhstan (VEON) holds about 28% market revenue and is a leading mobile and broadband provider. In internet traffic by autonomous networks, Kazakhtelecom is largest at around 26%, Beeline about 20%, Tele2 Kazakhstan about 19%, and Kcell about 9%, indicating a consumer market duopoly. The Digital Kazakhstan program has expanded fiber nationwide, deploying more than 20,000 kilometers of fiber by 2021 and achieving 118 cities and over 4,500 villages with broadband, covering 97.2% of the population. By
10 March 2025
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